Review article:

Sanjay Kaul and Prediman K. Shah

Low molecular weight heparin in acute coronary syndrome: evidence for superior or equivalent efficacy compared with unfractionated heparin?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1699-1712. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Study:

Heinrich Wieneke, Michael Haude, Junbo Ge, Christoph Altmann, Sigrid Kaiser, Dietrich Baumgart, Clemens von Birgelen, Dirk Welge, and Raimund Erbel

Corrected coronary flow velocity reserve: a new concept for assessing coronary perfusion
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1713-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Fayaz Shawl, Waleed Kadro, Michael J. Domanski, Fernando L. Lapetina, Aleem A. Iqbal, Kathy G. Dougherty, David D. Weisher, Jaime F. Marquez, and S. Tariq Shahab

Safety and efficacy of elective carotid artery stenting in high-risk patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1721-1728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Luc Maillard, Martial Hamon, Khalife Khalife, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Farzin Beygui, Jean-Leon Guermonprez, Christian M. Spaulding, Jean-Marc Boulenc, Janusz Lipiecki, Antoine Lafont, Philippe Brunel, Gilles Grollier, Rene Koning, Pierre Coste, Xavier Favereau, Bernard Lancelin, Eric Van Belle, Patrick Serruys, Jean-Pierre Monassier, Philippe Raynaud for the STENTIM-2 Investigators

A comparison of systematic stenting and conventional balloon angioplasty during primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1729-1736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Donald S. Silverberg, Dov Wexler, Miriam Blum, Gad Keren, David Sheps, Eyal Leibovitch, David Brosh, Shlomo Laniado, Doron Schwartz, Tatyana Yachnin, Itzhak Shapira, Dov Gavish, Ron Baruch, Bella Koifman, Carl Kaplan, Shoshana Steinbruch, and Adrian Iaina

The use of subcutaneous erythropoietin and intravenous iron for the treatment of the anemia of severe, resistant congestive heart failure improves cardiac and renal function and functional cardiac class, and markedly reduces hospitalizations
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1737-1744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lukas E. Spieker, Veselin Mitrovic, Georg Noll, Richard Pacher, Matthias R. Schulze, J.örg Muntwyler, Christoph Schalcher, Wolfgang Kiowski, Thomas F. Lüscher on behalf of the ET 003 Investigators

Acute hemodynamic and neurohumoral effects of selective ET_A receptor blockade in patients with congestive heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1745-1752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Howard A. Cooper, Derek V. Exner, and Michael J. Domanski

Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption and prognosis in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1753-1759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Eloisa Arbustini, Marta Diegoli, Patrizia Morbini, Barbara Dal Bello, Nadia Banchieri, Andrea Pilotto, Filippo Magani, Maurizia Grasso, Jagat Narula, Antonello Gavazzi, Mario Viganò, and Luigi Tavazzi

Prevalence and characteristics of dystrophin defects in adult male patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1760-1768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Najma Latif, Mahboob A. Khan, Emma Birks, Aldo O’Farrell, Jules Westbrook, Michael J. Dunn, and Magdi H. Yacoub

Upregulation of the Bcl-2 family of proteins in end stage heart failure
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1769-1777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Andrea Dörner, Mathias Pauschinger, Peter L. Schwimmbeck, Uwe Kühl, and Heinz-Peter Schultheiss

The shift in the myocardial adenine nucleotide translocator isoform expression pattern is associated with an enteroviral infection in the absence of an active T-cell dependent immune response in human inflammatory heart disease
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1778-1784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Atsushi Iwakura, Masatoshi Fujita, Koji Hasegawa, Tatsuya Sawamura, Ryuji Nohara, Shigetake Sasayama, and Masashi Komeda

Pericardial fluid from patients with unstable angina induces vascular endothelial cell apoptosis
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1785-1790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K.åge Säfström, Bertil Lindahl, Eva Swahn the FRISC-Study Group

Risk stratification in unstable coronary artery disease: Exercise test and troponin T from a gender perspective
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1791-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Roberto Latini, Gianni Tognoni, Aldo P. Maggioni, Colin Baigent, Eugene Braunwald, Zheng-Ming Chen, Rory Collins, Marcus Flather, MariaGrazia Franzosi, John Kjekshus, Lars Køber, Li-Sheng Liu, Richard Peto, Marc Pfeffer, Fabrizio Pizzetti, Eugenio Santoro, Peter Sleight, Karl Swedberg, Luigi Tavazzi, Wen Wang, Salim Yusuf on behalf of the Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitor Myocardial Infarction Collaborative Group

Clinical effects of early angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor treatment for acute myocardial infarction are similar in the presence and absence of aspirin: Systematic overview of individual data from 96,712 randomized patients
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1801-1807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Donald Hall

The aspirin–angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor tradeoff: to halve and halve not
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1808-1812. [Full Text] [PDF]  

José A. Barrabés, Jaume Figueras, Cristina Moure, Josefa Cortadellas, and Jordi Soler-Soler

Prognostic significance of ST segment depression in lateral leads I, aVL, V₅ and V₆ on the admission electrocardiogram in patients with a first acute myocardial infarction without ST segment elevation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1813-1819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ralf Zahn, Rudolf Schiele, Karlheinz Seidl, Thomas Kapp, Hans Georg Glunz, Edwin Jagodzinski, Thomas Voigtländer, Martin Gottwik, Gunther Berg, Helmut Thomas, Jochen Senges for the Maximal Individual TheRapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction (MITRA) Study Group

Acute myocardial infarction occurring in versus out of the hospital: patient characteristics and clinical outcome
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1820-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christopher R. deFilippi, Monica Tocchi, Rohit J. Parmar, Salvatore Rosanio, Gerard Abreo, Marjorie A. Potter, Marschall S. Runge, and Barry F. Uretsky

Cardiac troponin T in chest pain unit patients without ischemic electrocardiographic changes: angiographic correlates and long-term clinical outcomes
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1827-1834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Masato Nakamura, Taro Tsunoda, Hiroko Toma, Toshiyuki Degawa, Takashi Oki, and Tetsu Yamaguchi

Coronary flow velocity immediately after primary coronary stenting as a predictor of ventricular wall motion recovery in acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1835-1841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hiroaki Hosokawa, Florence H. Sheehan, and Takahiko Suzuki

Measurement of postsystolic shortening to assess viability and predict recovery of left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1842-1849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jae-Kwan Song, Seong-Wook Park, Duk-Hyun Kang, Myeong-Ki Hong, Jae-Joong Kim, Cheol-Whan Lee, and Seung-Jung Park

Safety and clinical impact of ergonovine stress echocardiography for diagnosis of coronary vasospasm
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1850-1856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Karen K. Hamilton and Carl J. Pepine

A renaissance of provocative testing for coronary spasm?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1857-1859. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Osamu Hirashima, Hiroaki Kawano, Takeshi Motoyama, Nobutaka Hirai, Masamichi Ohgushi, Kiyotaka Kugiyama, Hisao Ogawa, and Hirofumi Yasue

Improvement of endothelial function and insulin sensitivity with vitamin C in patients with coronary spastic angina: Possible role of reactive oxygen species
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1860-1866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sheng-Ting Li, Cees J. Tack, Lameh Fananapazir, and David S. Goldstein

Myocardial perfusion and sympathetic innervation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1867-1873. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Yaron Shapira, Itzhak Herz, Mordehay Vaturi, Avital Porter, Yehuda Adler, Yochai Birnbaum, Boris Strasberg, Samuel Sclarovsky, and Alex Sagie

Thrombolysis is an effective and safe therapy in stuck bileaflet mitral valves in the absence of high-risk thrombi
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1874-1880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mehmet Özkan, Cihangir Kaymaz, Cevat Kirma, Kenan Sönmez, Nihal Özdemir, Mehmet Balkanay, Cevat Yakut, and Ubeydullah Deligönül

Intravenous thrombolytic treatment of mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis: a study using serial transesophageal echocardiography
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1881-1889. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Noël Trochu, Florence Kyndt, Jean-Jacques Schott, Jean-Pierre Gueffet, Vincent Probst, Bernard Bénichou, and Hervé Le Marec

Clinical characteristics of a familial inherited myxomatous valvular dystrophy mapped to Xq28
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1890-1897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Andrea Natale, Keith H. Newby, Ennio Pisanó, Fabio Leonelli, Raffaele Fanelli, Domenico Potenza, Salwa Beheiry, and Gery Tomassoni

Prospective randomized comparison of antiarrhythmic therapy versus first-line radiofrequency ablation in patients with atrial flutter
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1898-1904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hugh Calkins, Andrew Epstein, Douglas Packer, Amelia M. Arria, John Hummel, David M. Gilligan, Janet Trusso, Mark Carlson, Richard Luceri, Harry Kopelman, David Wilber, J. Marcus Wharton, William Stevenson for the Cooled RF Multi Center Investigators Group

Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease using cooled radiofrequency energy: Results of a prospective multicenter study
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1905-1914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gregory F. Michaud, Frank Pelosi Jr., Matthew D. Noble, Bradley P. Knight, Fred Morady, and S. Adam Strickberger

A randomized trial comparing heparin initiation 6 h or 24 h after pacemaker or defibrillator implantation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1915-1918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kirsi Piippo, P.äivi Laitinen, Heikki Swan, Lauri Toivonen, Matti Viitasalo, Michael Pasternack, Kristian Paavonen, Hugh Chapman, Kenneth T. Wann, Eeva Hirvelä, Antti Sajantila, and Kimmo Kontula

Homozygosity for a HERG potassium channel mutation causes a severe form of long QT syndrome: identification of an apparent founder mutation in the Finns
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1919-1925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Foo Leong Li-Saw-Hee, Andrew D. Blann, and Gregory Y. H. Lip

A cross-sectional and diurnal study of thrombogenesis among patients with chronic atrial fibrillation
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1926-1931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Saihari Sadanandan and Mark V. Sherrid

Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in sinus rhythm
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1932-1938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Studies:

Ruediger Becker, Reinhard Klinkott, Alexander Bauer, Julia C. Senges, Kirsten D. Schreiner, Frederik Voss, Wolfgang Kuebler, and Wolfgang Schoels

Multisite pacing for prevention of atrial tachyarrhythmias: potential mechanisms
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1939-1946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Paolo Barbier, Steve Solomon, Nelson B. Schiller, and Stanton A. Glantz

Determinants of forward pulmonary vein flow: An open pericardium pig model
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1947-1959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kazuya Takehana, Mirta Ruiz, Frank D. Petruzella, Denny D. Watson, George A. Beller, and David K. Glover

Response to incremental doses of dobutamine early after reperfusion is predictive of the degree of myocardial salvage in dogs with experimental acute myocardial infarction
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1960-1968. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christian Herdeg, Martin Oberhoff, Andreas Baumbach, Andreas Blattner, Dorothea I. Axel, Stephen Schröder, Helmut Heinle, and Karl R. Karsch

Local paclitaxel delivery for the prevention of restenosis: biological effects and efficacy in vivo
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1969-1976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Gemma A. Figtree, Huw Griffiths, Ying-Qing Lu, Carolyn M. Webb, Kenneth MacLeod, and Peter Collins

Plant-derived estrogens relax coronary arteries in vitro by a calcium antagonistic mechanism
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1977-1985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

James D. Marsh

Phytoestrogens and vascular therapy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1986-1987. [Full Text] [PDF]  

William W. Parmley

Annual report
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1988. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special sections:

George A. Beller

President’s page: ACC takes strategic steps to address members’ needs
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1989-1992. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Di Lenarda, Gastone Sabbadini, Dario Gregori, Gianfranco Sinagra On behalf of the Heart Muscle Disease Study Group

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1993-1994. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Fauchier and Bruno Giraudeau

Beta-blockers and ventricular arrhythmias in dilated cardiomyopathy
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1993. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Albert Varga

Pharmacologic stress echocardiography: can we forget "state-of-the-art" protocols?
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1994-1995. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gabriele Fragasso

Reply
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1995. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karlman Wasserman and Ronald Oudiz

Overdosing with prostacyclin in primary pulmonary hypertension
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1995-1996. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Announcement:

Index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 1997-2001. [PDF]  

Index
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 35: 2002-2020. [PDF]  

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